Lidar Technician II

What if you had the opportunity to do something you love and make a difference in people's lives at the same time? McKim & Creed is a company of people helping people. And that's what gets us energized. That's why we're excited to get up and go to work every day. That and the cool tools.

With almost 200 geomatics professionals on staff, McKim & Creed is one of the largest geospatial and land surveying firms in the Southeast. Since 2012, ENR Southeast has ranked McKim & Creed one of the largest surveying and mapping firms in the Southeast. And, McKim & Creed has recently been ranked lucky #13 in POB magazine's first-ever listing of the top 100 geospatial firms in the U.S.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Performs classification, feature extraction, mapping from LiDAR point cloud, manual edits, creates and runs filtering macros.
• Seek professional development opportunities to expand knowledge in the industry.
• Research previous maps and other records to obtain data needed for the project.
• Analyzes data and prepares reports and maps.
• Ability to understand aerial data with precision and accuracy.
• Complies with company standards, policies, and procedures.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Geography, Applied Geography, GIS, or equivalent required.

Required & Preferred Experience:

• 3 years' experience in LiDAR production, and base and CAD mapping required.
• Requires experience with MicroStation and TerraSolid.
• Candidates who are motivated to learn and develop their career path and are self-motivated with an entrepreneurial spirit are preferred.
• The ability to work alone but also effectively as part of a team is required.
• Requires strong problem-solving, functional, and technical skills.
• Requires excellent communication, and the ability to take and understand directives.
• The ability to complete work consistently, with moderate flexibility to accommodate varying project demands is required.
• Candidates are required to have a valid driver's license and an acceptable motor vehicle and criminal record as determined by McKim & Creed.
• Candidates are required to pass a pre-employment drug screening.

McKim & Creed is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and VEVRAA Federal Contractor and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status and maintains a Drug Free Workplace.